Yoshiko Yamamoto
Artist Resume
Early Life & Education:
- 1967: Born & raised in Tokyo
- 1986: Graduated from Oin High School in Tokyo
- 1987-1988: Studied sculpture at Tama Art University in Tokyo
- 1995-1998: Majored in history and minored in music at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with highest honors
- 1998-1999: Pursued graduate studies in comparative history at the University of California, Berkeley
Exhibitions:
- 2009: Arts & Crafts in the Pacific Northwest, Museum of History and Industry
- 2013: Group exhibition at Albany Arts Gallery
- 2014: Ink This!, Tacoma Art Museum
- 2017: Solo show at Roycroft Campus Copper Shop Gallery
- 2017: Solo show at Brooke Dental Studio
- 2017: Group exhibition at Childhood's End Gallery
- 2018: Solo exhibition at Pierce College Art Gallery
- 2020: Solo/group show at University of Puget Sound, Collins Library
Art Commissions:
- 1999-2002: Peet's Coffee & Tea: corporate marketing and 12 mug designs
- 1997-2005: Poster designs for Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference
- 2001: Disney Grand Californian Hotel (Anaheim, CA)
- 2002: Torrey Pines Lodge (La Jolla, CA): logo design
- 2007: The Gamble House (Pasadena, CA): Centennial poster design
- 2008: Craftsman Farms (Morris Plains, NJ): Centennial poster design
- 2012: Patagonia: Book illustration for Paddling North
- 2015: Disney Grand Californian Hotel (Anaheim, CA)
- 2017: Hotel Green Project (Pasadena, CA)
- 2018: Patagonia: Book illustration for Paddling My Own Canoe
Books & Articles by Yoshiko Yamamoto
- Early 1990s: Series of articles on the “Arts & Crafts Movement in America” for the Japanese publication, Woody Senka
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1996: Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts, Gibbs Smith Publisher, co-authored with Bruce Smith & Yoshiko Yamamoto
- 1999: Arts & Crafts Ideals, 1999, compiled by Bruce Smith & Yoshiko Yamamoto
- 2001: Japanese Bath, 2001, Gibbs Smith Publisher, co-authored by Bruce Smith & Yoshiko Yamamoto
- 2020: Article titled "The Art & Craft of Printing: Our 25-year Journey" in Useful & Beautiful, the Journal of William Morris Studies
Media Features & Appearance
- 2003: Featured in Old House Journal magazine
- 2009: Featured in Art of the West magazine
- 2011: Article on the "Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund" in the Berkeley Daily Planet, highlighting Yoshiko's fundraising efforts for tsunami victims
- 2015: Featured in the summer issue of American Bungalow magazine
- 2015: Winter: Appeared in the PBS documentary series Craft in America
- 2016: Featured in the City of Tacoma TV series artTown: Artist & Place
- 2016: Spotlighted in the City of Tacoma's Spaceworks program
- 2018: Article titled "The Artist Behind Seattle's 'From Hiroshima to Hope'" in the International Examiner, Seattle
Workshops & Talks
- 1997: Workshop and talk at the Asilomar Arts & Crafts Conference
- 2010: "Artist as Entrepreneurs" artist talk at Millikin University, Illinois
- 2014: "Blockprinting Process" artist talk at Ikebana, Tacoma Chapter, Tacoma, WA
- 2015: "Blockprinting at The Arts & Crafts Press" artist talk at the Sister-City Film Festival, Tacoma, WA
- 2016: "Blockprinting" workshop at the School of Visual Concepts, Seattle
- 2016: "Blockprinting" workshop at Cornell University Johnson Museum of Art
- 2017: "Blockprinting" workshop at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
- 2020-Present: "William Morris & Our 25-Year Journey" artist talk presented at the MLA Convention in Seattle, WA
- November 2021: "William Morris & Our 25-Year Journey," a video talk for the William Morris Symposium in London, UK
- February 2023: Keynote talk "Why William Morris Today? Art, Craft, and the Pursuit of Happiness" at the 2023 Arts & Crafts Conference at Grove Park Inn
Licensing & Collaborations: